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J D. MORLEY. ART OF MAKING TRIMMINGS FOR THE EDGES 0F FABRICS. No. 415,974. Patented .Nov. 2-6, 1889.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

JOSEPH D. MORLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO I-IIM- SELF, ROBERT IV. SCOTT, AND LOUIS N. D. WVILLIAMS, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

ART OF MAKING TRIMNHNGS FOR THE EDGES OF FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,974, dated November 26, 1889.

Application filed August 12, 1889- Serial No. 320,480- (No model.)

T on whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH D. MORLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in the Manufacture of Trimmings or Borders for Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the manufacture of that class of trimmings or borders for fabrics which comprise an inner portion secured to the fabric, an outer portion some distance beyond the edge of the fabric, cross stitches or bars connecting these inner and outer portions, and a tape or ribbon passed alternately under and over these cross-stitches or connecting-bars, the essential feature of novelty in my invention being the introduction of the ribbon simultaneously with the formation of the body or foundation of the trimming, in contradistiuction to the present plan of first forming this foundation or body and then running in the ribbon by hand.

In carrying out my invention various combinations of mechanism may be employed; but in the accompanying drawings I have shown the invention as applied to a machine of a character similar in its general respects to that shown in R. WV. Scotts patent, No. 395,005, dated December 25, 1888.

Figure 1 is a side view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a view of part of the same, showing the mechanism in a different position from that shown in Fig. 1; and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are views illustrating modifications.

The machine has a needle-bar with two needles LE and y, which operate in conjunction with two vibrating looper-hooks x andy, the latter being carried by a rock-shaft, which is vibrated from a cam a on the main shaft of the machine through the medium of in echanism similar to that set forth in the beforementioned patent. The main shaft of the machine is also provided with a worm Z7, engaging with a worm-wheel (Z on a shaft c, adapted to suitable bearings 011 the frame of the machine and carrying a cam-disk f, cams on which act on a bell-crank lever g, hung to a fixed bearing on the machine and connected to a slide it, the front end of which is connected to a lever c, hung to a bearing on the head of the machine, the cams being such as to cause this lever to be vibrated in front of the needles of the machine, so that a thread guided by an eye at the lower end of the lever will be laid first in front of one needle and then in front of the other needle, and will be bound by the two rows of stitches alternately, and will form a bar extending across from one row to the other.

The ribbon-guide "m shown in the present instance consists of a bar suitably guided in a vertical direction on the frame of the machine, this bar having at the lower end an opening for the passage of the ribbon, and being slotted at the upper end for the reception of a crank-pin n on a disk at, which is mounted on a suitable spindle, and is provided with a spur wheel or pinion p, engaging with a rack 19', which is operated by a second set of cams on the disk f through the medium of a second bell-crank lever g", the cams being so formed as to impart movements of half a rotation to the crank-disk n, so as to effect the alternate raising and lowering of the ribbon-guide, whereby when one crossbar is being formed by the action of the thread-guide 2' the ribbon will be beneath the same, while during the formation of the succeeding bar the ribbon will be above the same, as will be understood on reference to the two positions of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In applying the invention to machines having a pair of levers-such as shown in the Scott patent before referred to-the latter should be hooked or recessed at their lower ends, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to be capable of laying the thread beneath the ribbon when the guide is elevated, and the movement of the guide must be regulated so that it rises and falls only when the levers are separated, two or more cross-stitches being thus produced between the successive changes of position of the ribbon. The ribbon-guide may also be used in connection with a dupleX thread-guide of the character shown in 5 'my application filed of even date herewith,

Serial No. 320,479, by making said threadguide as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be evident that instead of imparting vertical movement to the ribbon-guide this IOO movement may be imparted to that part of the machine carrying the thread-guiding lever or levers, the ribbon-guide itself being stationary. An instance of such modified construction is shown in Fig. 5, the lever 'i there illustrated being hung to a vertical slide w, which is actuated by a crank-pin and gearing similar to that shown in Fig. 1 for operating the ribbon-guide, and the slide h is connected to the lever by a link h to permit of the vertical movement of the lever.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent The mode herein described of making trimmings or borders for fabrics, said mode 0011- I 5 sistingin forming two rows or lines of stitches, connecting the same by cross bars QrstitcheS, and feeding a tape or ribbon alternately under and over said cross bars or stitches as they are being formed, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH D. MORLEY.

Witnesses:

JNo. E. PARKER, HARRY SMITH. 

